Thread: 3.2 PvP: Feast Game Mode Discussion Thread.

The part where your ilvl syncs to 150 still bothers me.... Are they ignoring morale again, or did you mention it and i didnt see it. Cause if they are, PvP gear (which is supposedly for PVP) will be no different from PvE gear again. It supposed to give you a bit of an advantage no?

Originally Posted by WolfKid

The part where your ilvl syncs to 150 still bothers me.... Are they ignoring morale again, or did you mention it and i didnt see it. Cause if they are, PvP gear (which is supposedly for PVP) will be no different from PvE gear again. It supposed to give you a bit of an advantage no?

So far, SE has not mentioned ANYTHING about the much debated morale stat ... which kind of irks me.

My first instinct is to assume that morale will work the same way it currently does with Front Lines. That is, morale will apply to your stats before the level sync. Meaning, the Rank 50 PvP set will have a slight advantage in that they are tuned for PvP. Det and Crit, skill speed / spell speed will be at cap, and Acc and parry will be lower. Basically, wearing the PvP set will make you as strong as you possibly can be when sync'd at 150.

That said, the PvP set will by no means be necessary to reach those caps. Most of the ilvl 190 gear also meets the stat caps (as long as you're using the right mix of accessories), and the 210 sets definitely do (again, in the right combination). Given that the 210 sets are super easy to get now, PvP players won't have any significant stat advantages ... which is kind of dumb.

Personally, I think that this is a HUGE mistake on SE's part. I realize that SE wants to make things as "fair" as possible, but Feast is going to be a highly competitive game mode. Hardcore PvP'ers should not be punished for being hardcore and putting in the time and effort it takes to give themselves every possible advantage, especially considering it is a small advantage.

The stat boost of the PvP armour at lvl 210 is not all that much higher than then the PvE 210 armour. The only difference in most cases is a slight increase to Det and Crit over Acc. It's definitely noticeable if you run into a pre-made with full spec'd outfits ... but those kinds of players are likely going to beat the pants off of casual PvE'ers anyway, so what's the point of denying them the stat? They're still going to win. Given that there will now (basically) be a league for PvP with the Ranked game modes and Seasons, pre-made PvP groups will become far more common as it is. Morale and proper PvP armour sets would go miles in making the game mode more competitive as teams try to scramble to reach the top rankings of the Diamond League. Given that competition seems to be the whole point of having Seasons in the first place, it would be nice if SE stopped trying to take the pillow fight approach to "fair play."

The one hope for Morale is the "pre-season" adjustments that they said they're planning to make. SE (supposedly, since we got this from the North America dev team ... yup) stated that they will be using the pre-season time to monitor the game mode and decide on necessary adjustments. A lot of players have taken this to mean that they will be balancing the actual jobs. Whereas, that could be true, I think that it's far more likely for them to be adjusting the game mode itself, such as supply box hp bars, debuff timers, spawn timers, etc. What I'm really hoping for is to see them also make an adjustment to the ranked game modes to increase the level cap and restore the Morale bonus. It's not likely, but it is what I would definitely like to see. IF, hypothetically, it did happen, it would probably not happen until the second pre-season at the earliest (in order to give newly interested players time to catch up in ranks), but it would be nice to see eventually.